Garter button and garter fastening



Aug. 10 1926. 1,595,495 J. P. BAUMGARTNER GARTER BUTTON AND GARTERFASTENING Filed Jan. 19. M925 INVENTOR fy ,t

l f l ATTORNEYS Patented Aug. 10, 1926.

.ios'n'PH P'. AMGARTNE'R, on PH'IIQDEILP, PENnsYLvAIA.

@Altran Burro-NAND GARTR FA's'fiENiNG.

Appli'eftrn filed January 19',` 1925. Serial No. 3,263.

My invention relates ltoinensfgarters and' particularly to theVfastening between the garter sectrons which' support the loop lea'ding'doivn to the stocking' and to the mounting of a: button by whichconnection and' disconnection about the leg of the wearer-are secured.

One purpose of my invention is to mount a connecting and disconnectingbutton'which passes through the fabric of a 'garter elastic upon asupport lying between the folds of the elastic, transmitting the strainupon the bend of this fold and protecting the opening in the elastic bya flange upon the button.

A; further purpose is toytalethe strain of a fastening button passingthrough the elastic upon the loop of the elastic so as not to disturbthe fabric Where it is apertured for the button.

A further purpose is to cut the elastic Without severing it, to fold ituntil the parts of the cut are closed, to return the end Vof the fabricagainst this joint to give a diagonal relation at the meeting ends, tosecure the parts together in this position and to reinforce this jointby the depending strap for stocking attachment.

Further purposes Will appear in the specilication and in the claims.

I have preferred to illustrate my invention by a single form only,selecting a form which 4is practical and has proved to be eiiicient andreliable and which at the same time Well illustrates the principles ofmy invention.

Figure 1 is a fragmentary side elevation of the end of the gartercarrying the stocking loop.

4igure 2 is a section of Figure 1 taken upon line 2 2.

Figure 3 is a perspective of the button seen in Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a reduced side elevation of the elastic fabric shown inFigure 1, marked for cutting.

Figure 5 is a side elevation showing the structure of Figure 4 cut.

Figure .6 `is a side elevation of the structure of Figure 5 folded toposition and roughly secured together.

Figure 7 is a side elevation of the joint shown in Figure 6 after thestocking-supporting strap has been attachedbut beforel the button is inplace.

Figure 8 is' a section' of Figure 7`taken u-p'on the line 8 8'.

In thev drawings sirni'lar' numerals indicate like parts.

The fabric 10, forming the end ofthe garter Which carries the dependingloop for stocking support, is shovvn4 iii` Figures 1 and 7 in na'lyposition with the two parts: or"

branches 11 and 12 forming the-usual' anglev to each other so as toavoidr direct constriction of the leg of the vvear'er.

In the form shown ,the fabric is integral and is shown in its initialcondition in Fig-z ure 4, Where the straight fabric length is marked forcutting at 13, 14 to form a V opening 15 and a diagonal end 16. Whenfolded back this end may correspond With the edge 17 of the V. Thefabric is turned or bent in its own planes until the edges 16 and v17meet the edge 18 as seen best in Figure 6. These edges are then fastenedtogether, preferably by metal fastenings 19. This give-s both atemporary hold and a means of stiffening and strengthening thel joint.

The loop 2O is folded at the middle at 21 and the ends are folded backupon each other as at 22 and 23 so that each of the depending sides orparts of the loop is shown as double at 24 and 25. This reverselyturneddoubled loop is placed over the joint seenin Figure 6 and the parts arestitched to position as at 26 seen in Figure 1. This additionallystiifens the joint by the fabric facing and by any desired amount ofstitching. The loop is shown in Figure 1 as supporting the stockingfastening device 27.

The loop 28, formed by folding back the fabric in Figure 5, is utilizedfor the double purpose of giving additional strength at this point andso that the fabric at the end of the loop lWill take the strain of thefabricpiercing button 29. n

The button has an enlarged shank 31 between the plate 30 and the flange82 so that the elastic fabric may be apertured to correspondsubstantially to the size of this shank and'inay be placed by stretchingto position over the flange 32. It Will contract about the shank restingeasily about it at the same Csi time that the edge 3,3 of the plateengages with the inner side of the bend in the loop and the buttonflange holds together the loose fabric edges about the aperture andcovers them.

The outer part of the button is formed with a neck 34 and head 35 forattachment of a metal loop (not shown) secured to the free end of thegarter- The button with its loop support lies very close to the jointand is given additional rigidity by it. rlhe joint is firmer andstronger by reason of the double fastenings provided.

It will be obvious that variations and changes will occur to those'skilled in the art, utilizing the advantages of my invention withoutclosely following the structure; and it is my purpose therefore toinclude herein all such as fall within the reasonable spirit and scopeof my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is l. In a garter, a stoclting-supportingstrap, an elastic fabric secured thereto and folded reversely to form aloop adjacent to the outer end of the fabric, a plate within the loop, abutton riveted to the plate, pass- Y ing through an aperture in one sideof the fabric and enlarged with respect to the rivet where it passesthrough the fabric, a Vflange upon the button holding the fabric closeto the plate about the enlargement, a neck upon the button outside ofthe flange and a head upon the outer end of the button adjoining theneck.

2. In a garter, a fabric end slitted trans versely part way through toallow bending in the same plane so that the lengths of the adjoiningsections are at an angle, diagonally cut at the end and folded backlaterally to bring the end into agreement with the edge of the slit,strap fastenings across the joint thus formed and a. stocking-supportingloop enclosing the joint and stitched to it.

3. In a garter, an integral garter end, bent in the same plane to bringthe lengths of adj oining sections at an angle to each other and foldedlaterally to bring one end of the fabric into line with the vjoint afastening to hold the joint thus formed and a. stocking.- supportingstrap about the joint and secured to it to stiften the joint.

JOSEPH P. BAUMGARTNER.

